THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



shrub, with unusual cup-shaped blossoms that 

 grow at the ends of the branches, and are 

 either white or a delicate pink. The leaves 

 are smooth, narrow and glossy. There is no 

 more beautiful sight than the woods when 

 the laurel is in blossom, with flowers in masses 

 among the dark tree-trunks. Tradition has 

 it that the foliage is poisonous to sheep, 

 hence the country name," sheep laurel." 



Mahonia (Ashberry). Plant in the spring 

 or fall. Blooms in May. A hardy shrub with 

 leaves like the English holly and turning 

 crimson in the winter; pretty yellow flowers. 



Rhododexdron iiAxiMUJi. 2 to 8 feet. 

 Plant, or transplant from woods, in spring, 

 or, in fact, almost any time before August. 

 Never prune. Blooms in June and July 

 according to the variety. Should be kept in 

 partial shade. Must be heavily mulched and 

 in summer should be always moist. The 

 Rhododendron maximum., indigenous to our 

 woods, has a pink flower that grows in clus- 

 ters on the ends of the branches. It is one 



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